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(More customer reviews)Turtles in Time Re-shelled has a little good, some that is mediocre, and a lot left wanting.
My friends and I all have fond memories of mashing foot soldiers to a pulp across many hours of our misspent youths, so when this game was released I was very excited. We fired it up last night and played through it in one sitting, four player.
First: this is a port of the arcade version, not the SNES version. To the point, the Technodrome stage is absent, The bosses Rat King, Rocksteady & Bebop, and Slash are missing, and there is no versus mode. We didn't realize this at first and were quite crestfallen.
The GOOD-
-4 player co-op is the main selling point. It was what we enjoyed the most - even when the game was bad, at least it was bad as a group experience. Friends make everything better.
-The new graphics have a certain charm. It's cool that each turtle has a different voice.
-It's only $10. I owned the SNES version, which you'll recall sold new for about fifty.
The BAD-
-The engine. The old version was satisfying to play for a lot of reasons, and those elements are now gone. If the brunt of your game is going to be spent mashing buttons, you'd better make sure those buttons are rewarding to mash. In this new game there is no 'dodge', no 'block', and most importantly no hit-stun. The slight plus of being able to keep hitting a downed enemy is outweighed a hundredfold when you get knocked down and THEY can keep hitting YOU. I will be clear here: you will be helpless to respond. One boss - Cement Man (replaced by Slash in the SNES port) will actually park on top of you after you go down, and keep damaging you until you die. The badguys also do not have 'I am being hit by something' lag - they will hit you right out of a combo you are performing on them, and the bosses are even worse.
-The details. You can't skip the animations in between levels, the music is forgettable (as opposed to the genuine charm of the original), and the controls are laggy making it difficult to avoid attacks even when you see them coming.
I played through this game again by myself today, and it was an exercise in frustration. Partly because of the lackluster reimagining, but mostly because the game I remember was so good. If you read the credits you will notice that the test team for this title consisted of a mere twelve people. As I former tester myself I know that you need more people involved. It betrays a motivation by the makers for money first, and fun second - if at all.
The first level of this game is really pretty fun - but you can play it for free in the demo. Save yourself ten dollars and the disappointment of seeing your childhood shoddily repackaged.
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